Friday Apr 26 | via APRN
First established to help Alaskans get mortgages, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation now has responsibility for a natural gas pipeline, and it may soon be in charge of a bridge. Comment?
Former gov stumps for gas pipeline
Mar 26, 2013 | via Peninsula Clarion
During the latest speech of his months-long tour of Alaska, former Alaska Gov. Bill Sheffield told a combined Kenai and Soldotna chamber of commerce luncheon crowd they should support the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation's proposed in-state natural gas pipeline. Comment?
Former governor stumps for bullet line
Mar 18, 2013 | via homernews.com
"I want to talk about the future," former Governor Bill Sheffield said as he began his lecture to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable last Thursday "We are on the edge, and many communities are already over the edge, of an energy crisis in Alaska - we have an energy crisis in Alaska," Sheffield said. Comment?
Sheffield Stumps For Instate Gasline
Mar 8, 2013 | via APRN
Sheffield has been stumping the state on his own dime to promote the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline - or ASAP. Comment?
Interest rates drive 2012 banking gains
Feb 14, 2013 | via Peninsula Clarion
Low interest rates were the driving factor - with positive and negative implications - in 2012 for Alaska's financial institutions, industry officials said. Comment?
Quarter of Italians face hardship, many young idle
10 hrs ago | via ANSA.it
Rome, May 22 - Around quarter of Italians are facing economic hardship as the country endures its longest recession in over 20 years and almost one in four of the nation's young people are reluctantly idle, Istat said on Wednesday. Comment?
Almost 15 million Italians face economic hardship
12 hrs ago | via ANSA.it
Rome, May 22 - Almost 15 million people, around a quarter of the population, in recession-hit Italy were living in some form of economic hardship at the end of 2012, Istat said in its annual report on Wednesday. Comment?
In low interest rate environment, home affordability...
11 min ago | via Weyburn Review
A new analysis from the Royal Bank finds home ownership in Canada remains largely affordable, even if there are signs of mild financial stress among indebted families. Comment?
17 min ago | via Journalgazette.net
Sam and Liz Weidner view a home for sale in Lowell, Mich. Sales of previously occupied homes are at a 3 -year high. Comment?
Fed to keep its stimulus effort going
17 min ago | via Journalgazette.net
Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to slow its extraordinary stimulus programs. Comment?